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Getting Started With Linkedin Groups For Teachers

One of the ways to network is through LinkedIn Groups, a section that allows you to get to know and develop your reputation through the sit

All teachers have access to a toolbelt of gadgets that lower anxiety while elevating students’ voices. I think of them as tech sedatives.

While there’s no denying that progress is a wonderful thing, the rate at which the world is changing is creating

Technology / February 5, 2013 / How-To

While Google entered iPad territory a while ago with their Android tablets, it was their recent Asus-manufactured Nexus 7 that

Literacy / February 5, 2013

From libraries and classrooms to teachers, technology, and eBooks, here are 101 blogs about schools, books, & libraries.

Technology / February 4, 2013

While most of us have a go-to password, there are ground rules to follow if you want to reduce the chances of someone accessing your profiles.

Why You Bore Students & What You Can Do About It Preface: You don’t mean to bore students. In fact,

The ‘next generation’ of successful schools will focus on teaching students as individuals, not as members of a group.

One of the most polarizing trends to emerge from the rapid growth in technology over the last decade or so

Learning / January 31, 2013

The Education & Workforce Committee has released some statistics on school choice, and some of them are quite surprising, including:

Teaching / January 28, 2013 / New Teacher

Using twitter in the classroom is great–if you’ve got the bandwidth, apps, and hardware. And if students have signed Acceptable Use

Here is a new list of 36 additional ideas to help leverage the power of these smartphones in the classroom.